Committee democrats argued they are holding the president accountable for what they call abuse of power of the white house. Our question of the morning what do you think about the Judiciary Committees approval of impeachment charges against President Trump . We are going to open up our regular lines this morning. Republicans, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. Democrats, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. Independents, your line is 202 . 488002 keep in mind, you can always text us your reaction at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media, on twitter at cspanwj, and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Ours set the stage for discussion this morning, going to what House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler said after the friday vote. Here is what he said. [video clip] solemny today is a and sad day. Little third time in a over a century and a half, the House Judiciary Committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president for abuse of power and
Subcommittee on communications and technology. One of the key policy makers when it comes to telecommand case and policy. Congressman doyle, in this past year as the year comes to a close what has your subcommittee accomplished when it comes to telecommunication policy . Guest hello, peter. Weve been busy on the communications and technology subcommittee. Tomorrow we will be on the floor with stella. Something the senate had a hard time marking up a bill. We were able to mark up in my subcommittee and full committee and we will have that on the floor tomorrow on the suspension calendar and we look to pass that tomorrow and get that over to the senate. Obviously weve already done robo calls and that pesky little issue that americans have wanted us to do something about we passed the amended house bill and that is in the senate and we are waiting for the senate to take action on that. Obviously much earlier in the year we passed our Net Neutrality bill which sits in the senate and we are
President in the senate trial . I cannot really comment onib any possible conversations ive had with the white house. Id am certainly strongly opposed impeaching the president on the two grounds judiciaryy the committee. Neither of them is found in the constitution. They are the kinds of broad general, vague openended criteria that can be weaponize against virtually any president when the opposing party has the majority in the house of representatives. Its hamiltons nightmare. Hamilton said that the one thing he feared most was that impeachment would turn on the number of votes each party had rather than on the guilt or innocence of the person being impeached. And madison worried about open ended criteria, making a president serve at the will of congress and turning us into the kind of parliamentary democracy that we fought against in the revolution. We did not want a parliamentary democracy in which a president can be thrown out of office for a vote of nonconfidence. So i am strongly
Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Congressman mike doyle is chair of the energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and technology. One of the key policy makers when it comes to Telecommunications Policy. Congressman doyle, in this past year, what has your subcommittee accomplished when it comes to Telecommunications Policy . We have been very busy on the communications and technology subcommittee. Tomorrow, we will be on the floor with stella. Something that the senate has had a hard time marking up a bill. We were able to mark up in my subcommittee in full committee. We will have that on the floor tomorrow in the suspension calendar. We look to pass it tomorrow and get it to the senate. We have already done robo calls. That stopped the issue americans have wanted us to do something about. We passed the amended house bill. Thats over in the senate. We are waiting for the senate to take action on that. Much earlier in the year, we passed our Net Neutrality bill that si
I am proud to represent the eighth district in washington. The person i am the first pediatrician elected to congress and currently the only female doctor in Congress Pretty im also a patient with type 1 diabetes. My life depends on insulin. So the high cost of Prescription Drugs affect me and people like me every day. That is why im so excited about hr three, the Elijah E Cummings lower drug cost now act. I am thrilled it past the house. A really big, really purple district. I have driven 7300 miles traversing my district and talking with people about the issues that matter to them. In my district, is not impeachment, it is not what is on the front page of the newspapers in washington dc. It is what are you going to do to bring down the cost of Prescription Drugs . It does not matter if youre a democrat or republican. If you cannot afford your medication you want a representative in congress who will go to bat for you. Because medications will not make you healthier if you cannot affo